Find out how popular the last name Lehrman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lehrman.

Lehrman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lehrman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lehrman in America

Lehrman is the 22158th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lehrman surname appeared 1,166 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lehrman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lehrman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lehrman

The surname Lehrman is of German origin, and it can be traced back to the late medieval period, around the 14th or 15th century. It is believed to have derived from the German word "Lehrer," which means "teacher" or "instructor." The name was likely given as an occupational surname to individuals who worked as teachers or tutors.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Lehrman can be found in the Hanseatic League records from the city of Lübeck, where a merchant named Hans Lehrman is mentioned in 1472. In the 16th century, the name appears in various church records and tax registers in the German states of Bavaria and Saxony.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Lehrman surname was particularly prevalent in the regions of Franconia and Swabia in southern Germany. In the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, there are records of a family named Lehrman dating back to the early 1600s.

One notable individual with the surname Lehrman was Johann Gottfried Lehrman (1715-1797), a German theologian and author who served as a pastor in the town of Zwickau, Saxony. His writings on religious topics were widely read during his lifetime.

In the 19th century, the Lehrman surname began to spread beyond Germany as many individuals emigrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas. Among the notable figures with this surname was Isaac Lehrman (1865-1933), a Russian-born Jewish author and journalist who lived in New York City and wrote extensively on Jewish culture and history.

Another prominent individual with the Lehrman surname was Lewis E. Lehrman (1938-2005), an American businessman, philanthropist, and public servant. He served as the governor of New York from 1987 to 1995 and was a major contributor to various educational and cultural institutions.

Other notable individuals with the Lehrman surname include Robert Lehrman (born 1945), an American film producer and screenwriter best known for his work on the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie series, and Hal Lehrman (1923-2005), a Canadian-American film and television producer who worked on several successful television series in the 1970s and 1980s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lehrman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lehrman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lehrman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lehrman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lehrman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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